Celebrity chef Jose Andres backed out of plans Wednesday to open a flagship restaurant in Donald Trump’s new hotel under construction in Washington amid ongoing fallout from Trump’s political statements. Andres, a Spanish immigrant, cited Trump’s statements “disparaging immigrants” in his decision to cancel ...

Chie Inamoto decided to become a chef to challenge the widespread view that sushi made by women just isn’t as good as that made by men. Inamoto, 47, manages an outlet of the Isomaru seafood chain in Atami, the famous hot spring resort in ...

Award-winning chef Roy Yamaguchi wants to showcase the modern Hawaiian cuisine he helped pioneer more than 20 years ago and to share the spotlight with the next generation of chefs. The Tokyo native, who is based in Hawaii, is known for his blending of ...

A Japanese chef at an established restaurant in Kyoto serving traditional cuisine says people in Europe seem to be having more and more opportunities to eat Japanese food. It is what Yoshihiro Takahashi, a 40-year-old chef at Hyotei, felt when he took part in ...

Arriving in France with a suitcase full of smoked chicken and wasabi from Fukushima Prefecture, chef Harutomo Hagi was a man on a mission. Armed with a sheaf of test certificates vouching for the safety of the produce in the wake of the Fukushima ...

Kei Kitagawa works from 10 a.m. to the small hours of the night in a northern Italian restaurant, often not even taking his single day off of the week. But the long hours have in no way put the 25-year-old off. “I’m happy just ...

Eiichi Takahashi, 74, was recently designated as a part of Kyoto’s intangible cultural heritage as the 14th generation owner and head chef of Hyotei, a restaurant steeped in traditional Japanese cuisine with a history dating back more than 400 years. “Do not tinker too ...

By leading the Japan team to a medal in the Bocuse d’Or cooking competition in late January, chef Noriyuki Hamada realized a long-cherished dream shared by his compatriots by showcasing what he calls “Japan’s original French cuisine.” “This is certainly not the end of ...

Tetsuya Sakurai, one of a select few who has paid $6,000 for an intensive — and stressful — training course to become a sushi chef in Tokyo, keeps his suffering from the stresses of learning bottled up. “Sometimes I cry, but only when I’m ...

Japan’s Noriyuki Hamada captured the bronze medal Wednesday in the Bocuse d’Or, becoming only the second non-European to reach the podium in the 26-year history of the world’s most prestigious culinary competition. The gold medal went to Thibaut Ruggeri of France and the silver ...

“Never fight a war with Chinese people, because we would lose,” Yoshiko Tatsumi sternly warned, “with absolute certainty,” a 40-strong group of mostly middle-aged women gathered recently in her spacious three-story residence set in gardens in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. “What we eat today is ...